A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Repromissioun, -myssyowne, n. [ME and e.m.E. repromyscioun (Wyclif), (land of) repromission (c1400) the promised land, OF repromission (OED), L. reprōmissiōn-, a counter-promise, f. reprōmittere to promise again.] A promise made in return. —c1420 Wynt. ii 238.
Thai had in tyll possessyowne The land off repromyssyowne [E. The landis in to promissione] Ib. 240 (W).
Thire xii tribus in possessioun The land of repromissioun Wes hecht bot thai it tynt throuch syne c1520-c1535 Nisbet Galat. iv 23.
Bot he that was of the seruand, was born eftir the flesch; bot he that was of the fre woman, be repromissioun Id. Hebrews xi 9.
Euen airis of the sammin repromissioun
